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Welcome to Software Development on Codidact!

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How would I avoid textures being blurred when mapped to a TriangleMesh?

I am making a game using JavaFX and the Fxyz library. I have chunks which are made of Point3D's, these points are then passed to a ScatterMesh and that is used to generate a TriangleMesh so I can m...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by cuzzo‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Alexei‭

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How to create a quotation containing the given token in a syntax word in Factor programming language

I am trying to define a syntax word as follows: USING: kernel syntax parser fry prettyprint ; IN: syn-try SYNTAX: syn scan-word '[ _ ] . ; Given a word, I want to create a quotation conta...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Razetime‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Alexei‭

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Why is IntelliJ not finding these modules?

So to preface I started a new JavaFX project in IntelliJ and all of this is from what was auto-generated out of the box. The modules I'm having trouble with are Edit to make this post more query...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by cuzzo‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by cuzzo‭

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Images won't fit flex container on chrome

I browse deviantArt from time to time and I wanted to make images display bigger, because there is so much useless whitespace on that site. On first glance that would be simple - remove the set di...

1 answer  ·  posted 28d ago by martixy‭  ·  last activity 27d ago by martixy‭

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How and where does Python code start running? How can I control that?

Suppose I have some code in a file myscript.py like: def my_function(): print("Test") What steps do I need to take in order to make my_function run? That is to say: how do I get Python to ...

2 answers  ·  posted 16d ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 5d ago by Alexei‭

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Is omitting braces for single statements bad practice?

Consider this code: while(arr[index] != 0) index++; vs while(arr[index] != 0) { index++; } Personally, I prefer the first. The fact that the braces are not needed makes them -- u...

6 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by klutt‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by H_H‭

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Prevent vscode from inserting new lines in the middle of my code on format.

I am cleaning up java code in vscode to make it more readable. When I format my document there are instances when vscode inserts new line character when I don't want it. Here I show 2 examples of w...

1 answer  ·  posted 10mo ago by Vanity Slug ❤️‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by Vanity Slug ❤️‭

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Is it wrong to demand features in open-source projects?

I have been using open-source software, and the open-source Community is great at maintaining such projects. But I have observed something in smaller open-source projects. Whenever I demand some f...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by theabbie‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by tripleee‭

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How do I choose the correct Perl module from these variations?

When looking for Perl modules to handle JSON strings and/or documents, I found JSON::PP and JSON::XS. The documentation of JSON::PP says it is compatible with JSON::XS. What do these suffixes me...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by ghost-in-the-zsh‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ghost-in-the-zsh‭

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DST disrupting rsync twice a year

I'm facing rsync full syncs every once upon a time, I think it's because DST, notice an hour of difference: $ ls -l tier2/VIDEO-2020-06-17-15-10-27.mp4 /Volumes/KINSTON2/dat/laptop_kinstones/tier2...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by .                                                .‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by .                                                .‭

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How do I strip file extensions from URLs with H2O?

I'm trying to use H2O to serve a multi-file PHP website without routing—just having a separate PHP file for every page. The relevant part of my H2O config currently looks like this: paths: "/":...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Ullallulloo‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by jminer‭

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What is Backus–Naur form as applied in computer programming?

What is Backus–Naur form as applied in computer programming? From Wikipedia In computer science, Backus–Naur form (/ˌbækəs ˈnaʊər/) or Backus normal form (BNF) is a metasyntax notation for cont...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 2y ago by r~~‭

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How do I remove an element from a Java array?

One way to remove element from array is to replace element with zero. Below is a rough snippet I am sharing: int N = sc.nextInt(); int pos = sc.nextInt(); int A[] = new int[N]; if(pos == i) { ...

1 answer  ·  posted 8mo ago by abhinavxyz‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by E_net4‭

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How does a client verify a server's SSL certificate? What are the specific steps?

I have little to no idea what happens after a client obtains the server's certificate. It has to make sure that it (somehow) valid, but how?

1 answer  ·  posted 5mo ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 5mo ago by toraritte‭

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What happens when you “Sign in with Google”?

I believe when you sign in with Google, the web application running in your browser calls a command to request the Google Sign In page, and includes a “callback URL” as a parameter in that HTTP req...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by Julius H.‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by Julius H.‭

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Python looping 300 000 rows

Based on my last question comes new one. How to loop over 300 000 rows and edit each row string one by one? I have a list of 11-digit numbers stored in one single column in Excel, and I need to s...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by sfrow‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by NoahTheDuke‭

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java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: when trying to connect to JDBC with JDK 14 in Eclipse

I'm trying to connect to a db file in my project but having some troubles. I'm using JDK 14 with ojdbc11 however I am still getting this when trying to connect: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionEr...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by cuzzo‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

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cannot initialize a variable of type 'CFDictionaryRef'

Background story: I'm on mac OS 11.6 and would like to access an identifier for the current space/desktop from the command line. I found a helpful article at https://ianyh.com/blog/identifying-spac...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by foobar‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Comparing two excel files with Python based on changes

I have two tables: Table1: Name Description Amount 123 Description123 123 456 Description456 456 789 Description789 666 101 Description777 101 133 De...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by sfrow‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by ibmx‭

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What is the difference between a hook and a code injection?

I would define a hook as: A piece of code which changes the response to a certain event, without changing the original code that caused the event How is that different than "code injection", if a...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 2y ago by BobJarvis‭

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What's the difference between null pointers and NULL?

Someone told me that I shouldn't write "NULL pointer" with capital letters, because a null pointer and NULL are different terms. And that NULL is a "null pointer constant". What's the meaning of th...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by EJP‭

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Is the concept of a PHP lint feasible?

When I review JavaScript files in various text editors (Visual Studio Code, Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey) I sometimes get notified about syntax errors. I never encountered this behavior with PHP file...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by nelson777‭

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PHP emails are sent when $message is a string, but not when its an array

I host my website on a CentOS-Bash, PHP and MySQL environment; my local email client is engined by Roundcube. I don't know almost anything about PHP nuances. While my web domain registration is do...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by manassehkatz‭

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Is this a known design pattern: a piece of code is responsible for acting as a central proxy for data distributed in various places?

I have several classes (C_1...C_n) and their instances (I_1....I_m). I have a "Registry" R of these. There are several pieces of data (d_1...d_k) spread across various instances. This much is set ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by peey‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Reading contents of XML node

I'm writing some functions in C that parses a part of a XML file (using libxml), but instead of extracting the content of the XML node that has a specific name, it outputs a string that's not in UT...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by southernisles‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Are there practical reasons for designing a method-only class/object?

Are there practical reasons for designing/implementing a method(s)-only class/object? Follow-up background notes: This question is for languages that are not exclusively Object-Oriented, for exam...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by CodeFarmer‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by hkotsubo‭

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Why are commas not needed for modulo string formatting when printing?

Suppose I have two variables that are called animal and age, and print them as a string in the console like so: animal = "giraffe" age = 25 print("A %s can live up to %d years" %(animal,age)) ...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Bennshinpoes‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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How to solve the "ReferenceError: service is not defined"?

Temporary notice: this is part of an ongoing project of transferring and splitting my canonical from Stack Overflow on common errors in Google Apps Script. As soon as the Q&As are finalized, ...

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by Oleg Valter‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Oleg Valter‭

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Relayout call does not work on button click in Factor

I am currently using this code to display a GUI counter: USING: accessors arrays fonts kernel math math.parser ui ui.gadgets ui.gadgets.buttons ui.gadgets.editors ui.gadgets.labels ui.gadgets.pa...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Razetime‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Razetime‭

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`git submodule foreach git pull` in parallel

I use git submodule foreach git pull to update my submodules. There's quite a few and it appears that foreach is updating them one by one, instead of in parallel. How can I do it in parallel?

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by GrantMoyer‭

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How to call static methods in ColdFusion?

How to use static functions in ColdFusion? How to import component? How to call a static function using both tag and script syntaxes? Adobe added support for static functions in ColdFusion...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by Vanity Slug ❤️‭

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How to find the existing default action for a UI gadget in factor

For a UI gadget like a $link in Factor, a click automatically opens the page that it points to. I want to know where this default behaviour is defined. In the factor documentation, there are many ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Razetime‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Razetime‭

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What can be used in react-native instead of an html label tag to achieve the same result?

I wanna make a form in React native. A field in this form in (non-native) React would be like this: <div> <label htmlFor="lastName">Last Name:</label> <input type="text...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by andre‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by andre‭

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How to import a vocabulary's test file in factor.

For example: I have noticed that this does not work for any vocabulary's tests. What is the alternate way to USE: these test vocabularies? EDIT: The test word appears to run all tests alongside...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Razetime‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Razetime‭

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How to use ReactNative SDK with flexible sync using a code first approach

I am working on a React Native app using Realm, Atlas Flexible Sync, and MongoDB, and I'm super confused about how subscriptions work. I'm coming from a .NET SQL background, so I'm completely new t...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Scriptastrophe‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Mithical‭

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What is lifting state up in Flutter?

What does lifting state up in Flutter mean, and how does it work?

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by tarhalda‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by tarhalda‭

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Ignore NPM Modules Digital Ocean App Platform

There may be a better way to manage website's with JavaScript deployments. I added jest to my repo simply to execute tests when I make PRs as part of a GitHub action. This requires a package-lock.j...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by fausty‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by fausty‭

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Uncaught ReferenceError: variable is not defined

I have a variable defined using const keyword. function Text() { const variable = "Hello!"; } console.log(variable); When I try to access this variable, I get: Uncaught ReferenceError...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Using http.get to get page from frontend

It's possible to use Angular 8 http.get to get a page from the frontend itself ? My local frontend url: https://192.168.0.177:4200/ I tried in a service: test(): Observable<string> { ret...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by nelson777‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Derek Elkins‭

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Saving modified data in gridview on clicking SaveButton

I am struggling to do a save button in C# Windows Form Application where I have a GridView and I want to save all modifications I do in GridView Table(I connected it to SQL). This is the data sourc...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Cri‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Drop-down values in Excel cells are not specified in Data Validation rules and global search didn't find them in workbook, so where do they come from?

On top of values seemingly coming from nowhere in multiple columns, they also affect each other's behavior: In the GIF below, if the cells in the left column have no value selected, then there is n...

1 answer  ·  posted 6mo ago by toraritte‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by toraritte‭

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How to start creating a Giraffe web project and how to serve it?

Having some trouble with giraffe-template on Mac M1, so decided to set up a Giraffe project manually. Started following the Doing it manually section of the Giraffe README, but got stuck right away...

1 answer  ·  posted 1mo ago by toraritte‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by toraritte‭

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Maven JPA integration: processor not found

Personal Project: I am new to Maven and have spent a few weeks troubleshooting pom errors with chatGPT. Tutorials are hard to come by online, because annotation-processing in Java is more complica...

2 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by tylerbakeman‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by Zer0‭

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How to set the cell color to a user defined value using NPOI from F#?

As far as I can tell (from F# at least), cell can only be colored using predefined NPOI.SS.UserModel.IndexedColors. From the available methods / properties, val it: ICellStyle = NPOI.XSSF.UserM...

1 answer  ·  posted 4mo ago by toraritte‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by toraritte‭

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What is the difference between `static let` and `static member` in F#?

Taking the example from this Stackoverflow question: type Vector2D(dx : float, dy : float) = static let zero = Vector2D(0.0, 0.0) static let onex = Vector2D(1.0, 0.0) static let ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4mo ago by toraritte‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by toraritte‭

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How to log first n lines of a stack trace in Java?

How to log first n lines of a stack trace in Java?

2 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by propatience‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by hkotsubo‭

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How to speed up MySQL query?

I have a website about vacation villa rentals. Around 800 properties are listed. When i start a search, i get properties with my first query which filters type, style, area, no. of rooms, capacity ...

2 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by erenlerhakan‭  ·  last activity 5mo ago by ArtOfCode‭

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MongoDB Java Morphia case insensitive criteria query?

So I googled some on how to make a case insensitive criteria query but could not find the solution very easily. So I basically have code that looks like this: ... query.criteria("fieldName").con...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by propatience‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by propatience‭

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Can Swashbuckle.AspNetCore generate exclusiveMinimum validation?

Is there a way to make Swashbuckle.AspNetCore generate a Swagger exclusiveMinimum range validation for a model property? There doesn't seem to be any way to do this with the attributes recognized ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3mo ago by Kevin Krumwiede‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Kevin Krumwiede‭

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How to properly manage PGP signing key storage, access, and usage for dev and automation?

I work for an IoT company. We recently got secure boot to work for a customer-visible product. For secure boot to work, the images we generate must be signed. Obviously, we want customer-visible sy...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by ghost-in-the-zsh‭  ·  edited 2y ago by ghost-in-the-zsh‭